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Jun 28, 2005, 8:30 AM
nir
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In the new gossamer link it possible to build name to the page like the mane of the title and it possible to make the page name url short then the title.
I use global to make the url like the title name, is it possible to make change the global code so the mane of the title will limit to number of character?

Here is the code I use (from yogi )

sub {
my $ID = shift;
my $Title = shift;
my $cats = $DB->table('Links')->get_categories($ID);
my ($cat_id,$cat_full_name) = each %$cats;
my $cat_url = $DB->table('Category')->as_url($cat_full_name);
$Title =~ y/ \t\r\n?"'#/--/d;
return '/' . $cat_url . '/' . $Title . '_L' . $ID;
}

limit the number of character in the url
Jun 29, 2005, 5:08 AM
nir
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Jun 29, 2005, 5:08 AM
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Re: [nir] limit the number of character in the url In reply to
I guess my first question wasn't clear.
How can determine that the link of the page will take the first 15 letters from the title.
If the title is long (over 15 letters), the URL will be constructed up to the 15th letter.
Jun 29, 2005, 6:43 AM
fuzzy logic
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Jun 29, 2005, 6:43 AM
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Re: [nir] limit the number of character in the url In reply to
use substr()

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Jun 29, 2005, 6:56 AM
nir
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Jun 29, 2005, 6:56 AM
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Re: [fuzzy logic] limit the number of character in the url In reply to
Thanks. Can you give me some more details? Where do I put it in the code I gave in the former messege?
Jun 29, 2005, 7:28 AM
Andy
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Jun 29, 2005, 7:28 AM
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Re: [nir] limit the number of character in the url In reply to
Try this;

Code:
sub {
my $ID = shift;
my $Title = shift;
my $cats = $DB->table('Links')->get_categories($ID);
my ($cat_id,$cat_full_name) = each %$cats;
my $cat_url = $DB->table('Category')->as_url($cat_full_name);
$Title =~ y/ \t\r\n?"'#/--/d;
unless (length $Title <= 15) { $Title = substr ($Title, 0, 15);}
return '/' . $cat_url . '/' . $Title . '_L' . $ID;
}

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Jun 29, 2005, 8:43 AM
nir
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Re: [Andy] limit the number of character in the url In reply to
Thanks AndySmile
it do the work!
Apr 21, 2006, 8:51 PM
cassandra
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Apr 21, 2006, 8:51 PM
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Re: [Andy] limit the number of character in the url In reply to
Hi Andy,

Instead of limiting Title by no.of characters how can we limit it by no.of words.

Ex: mydomain.com/gossamer-links-widgets-L123.html

Instead of this mydomain.com/gossamer-links-wid-L123.html

Because I don't want some of the words to be cut-off

Appreciate your help

Thanks.